Where's the waiver? Roxas warns vs Duterte's 'hidden wealth'

ABS-CBN News

Presidential candidate Mar Roxas warned the public of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's alleged hidden wealth after the controversial mayor refused to sign a waiver opening his bank accounts for scrutiny.

Roxas was among the politicians who attended the signing of the Truthful, Responsible, Upright, Trustworthy, Honest (TRUTH) covenant after a Mass presided by Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Monday.

The Liberal Party standard bearer said signing the covenant is important to ensure clean and honest elections.

"We are leaders eh. We are expected to uphold the highest and best values as Filipinos," he said.

Roxas warned the public about Duterte's refusal to open his accounts, amid allegations that the mayor had P2.4 billion in transactions in 17 bank accounts from 2006 to 2015.

On Monday, his lawyer, Salvador Panelo, said the BPI Julia Vargas branch has confirmed to him that Duterte did not have P211 million in his bank account.

He also said the bank asked for four to seven days to issue a certification "that at no time was there a P211-million deposit—whether singly, collectively, or cumulatively to [Duterte's] name."

Asked why he did not ask for Duterte's history of banking transactions, Panelo said: "They cannot even issue a certification, how can they release all documents. I am only asking for one document, certification coming from them."